STAUBER Best Honda Key Shell Replacement for Accord, Ridgeline, Civic, and CR-V - KR55WK49308, N5F-A05TAA, N5F-S0084A - NO LOCKSMITH REQUIRED! Save using your old key and chip! - 2 Pack (Black)

I have purchased numerous other replacement keys for a 2012 Honda. Within weeks, they started to break and fall apart. I searched for a durable, dependable, and sturdy. Fortunately, I found this replacement shell for my key. It is easy to install on your existing key; it fits well due to small plastic shims that keep the key properly in place. It won’t take but a few moments to get your old key in this shell. It works great! In comparison to others, this replacement will last!

It's somewhat slightly bulkier but wife has had forever and no issues like iem key case breaking. Highly recommend to solve flimbsy oem key plastic. Screws solidly hold it. Best performance one on market.

I've had this shell replacement for over 4 years and it is still rock solid. The plastic on my '06 Honda Civic factory key was twisting when I turned the ignition so I bought this to fix it. I liked that it used parts of the old key so I didn't have to get it recut. This assembly is much sturdier with thicker plastic and screws to keep everything tight. To use this kit, I had to remove the metal part of my key from the old plastic by cutting it out.. The metal piece has a "T" shape which fits into the slot on the new shell. The electronic FOB part from my old keys fit perfectly. The electronics also contain the chip so I did not need the shims. If I need something like this in the future, I'll definitely look for the Stauber brand.

I bought this for my 06 Ridgeline. The factory key started to disintegrate last year and I went on a hunt for a replacement. I found a key shell on Amazon (not this one) that looked exactly like my factory shell. I bought it happily, struggled with my transponder chip extraction from my old key and installed the new shell. It was shiny, it had the Honda logo on it and I was pleased with it... for about a month before the plastic cracked around the key insert to the level that the shell was falling off of the key. I went back to the drawing board, chose a similar shell from different brand (also not this one), and resolved myself to taking great care with the new one. I would grip it firmly at the base near the key insert when I started my car to keep it from getting damaged due to the torque of turning the key. I was very diligent with my resolution to be gentle with it to make it last longer. My diligence earned me literally less than a week before it crumbled to bits. It was about as useful as a key shell made out of a graham cracker.Frustrated, I went back to Amazon once more. I expanded my search to include all Honda key shell replacements, and I finally found this key shell. It had a trunk button hole, (ridgeline keys don't have a trunk button) but I didn't care. I just wanted a shell that would not break. I have had this shell for several months now and it is solid as a rock. No cracks, no crumbles, no worries. The trunk button hole doesn't really bother me. It probably reduces the water resistance of the key, but at least it doesn't crumble to dust every other week. Thanks for a quality shell replacement!

I love it! Works great. Installation was straight forward (as long as you have a jeweler's sized screwdriver to remove the embedded chip.I have attached some pictures to help others see how to do it. But it really is pretty straight forward.I have a 2006 Honda Ridgeline. I replaced the factory key with another dealer key, once. That was expensive! And I wasn't about to do it again, now that the truck is older. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the metal key or the transmitter. Only the plastic case has given up the ghost.The only part of the whole process that you need to be aware of is the removal of the chip. The chip is not the remote with the buttons. It is a small chip located under a plastic cover, in the corner near the metal key. See the pictures. To get the chip out, you have to remove the plastic cover and then carefully remove the old shell surrounding the chip. I used a wire cutter to nip away at the housing. See the pictures for the before and after look.Once the chip is out, get a small amount of electricians tape and wrap it loosely around the chip, so it does not rattle around in the new key. See the picture.Clean the transmitter with a Q-Tip and a very small amount of Windex, squirted onto the Q-Tip. I don't know about yours, but my transmitter was pretty dirty. Again, see the pics. If you have a Ridgeline, put a small amount of electrical tape on the part of the transmitter where there is no button (there is no trunk lock to pop open).Put the clean transmitter into the shell. I tipped in the part nearest the metal key first. Insert the transmitter into the shell half that has the holes.So the tip here is to put all four screws in part way, before tightening any of them down. Once they are all aligned, tighten each one the rest of the way. You will fell the screw tighten up and the seam between to two halves of the key shell will become very thin. Inspect all the way around the seam between the two halves of the shell to ensure it is tight, but not so much that you strip the plastic.The last picture shows what was tossed after everything was done.Great kit. If I were not taking pics, it would have been done, start to finish, in under 10, maybe 5 minutes.DEFINITELY A STRONG RECOMMENDATION.

Had to replace for a civic fob cover. On this one the alarm/panic button protrudes too far so it’s easy to press with keys in pocket.